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Guns discovered in Minneapolis lake reveal unusual move by police in 1927

Jason Weisberger
Apr 30, 2026
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Minneapolis, Minnesota (Sean Pavone/shutterstock.com)

What looked like a mob-era dumping ground at the bottom of Minneapolis’ Bde Maka Ska turned out to be something stranger: a cluster of rusted pistols deliberately sunk by police nearly a century ago, not to hide evidence, but to keep them from ever being used again.

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